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(11) EP 1 654 183 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
10.05.2006 Bulletin 2006/19

(21) Application number: 04732127.8

(22) Date of filing: 11.05.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B66B 1/42(1968.09)
B66B 11/02(1968.09)
(86) International application number:
PCT/FI2004/000278
(87) International publication number:
WO 2005/014460 (17.02.2005 Gazette 2005/07)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 12.08.2003 FI 20031148

(71) Applicant: Kone Oyj (Kone Corporation)
00330 Helsinki (FI)

(72) Inventors:
  • MUSTALAHTI, Jorma
    FI-05620 Hyvinkää (FI)
  • AULANKO, Esko
    FI-04230 Kerava (FI)

(74) Representative: Zipse + Habersack 
Wotanstrasse 64
80639 München
80639 München (DE)

   


(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CARS OF A DOUBLE-DECK ELEVATOR